Mayflower AI Captain Takes to Sea

18/03/2020

A new ‘AI Captain’, which will enable the “Mayflower Autonomous Ship” (MAS) to self-navigate across the Atlantic later this year, is to go to sea this month for testing, technology company IBM and marine research organization ProMare have announced.

The trial will take place on a manned research vessel off the coast of Plymouth in the UK.

As explained, the trial will evaluate how the AI Captain uses cameras, AI and edge computing systems to safely navigate around ships, buoys and other ocean hazards that it is expected to meet during its transatlantic voyage in September 2020.